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Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system" (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You misunderstood. No profit does not equal loss.

The employee builds a Steam Machine with either a €100 or €250 drive. All costs are the same except for that drive. However, the difference in price the end consumer pays is not a €150 difference but a €320 one.

This implies Valve takes their costs and just adds a percentage margin over it for profit. And I'm saying they shouldn't do that. Pay what must be paid and let us pay the same.

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Margin helps account for support, returns, and short term cost increases. You think anything beyond zero is unfair?

[–] anugeshtu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

But more than 200%, though?

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

All of that is called cost, not profit.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Can't be the exact cost of a drive, you have to market research to buy the best for the system. Then marketing etc. Cost are never just hardware for a corpo, but yeah in a dream world corpo should not be evil. If it is the same producer of disk I may be wrong, though one the part you pay for research of the best sdd.